How To Install mopidy-dleyna on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install mopidy-dleyna on Debian 9. mopidy-dleyna is Mopidy extension for playing music from Digital Media Servers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mopidy-dleyna on Debian 9.

What is mopidy-dleyna

mopidy-dleyna is:

Mopidy is a music server which can play music from multiple sources, like your local hard drive, radio streams, and from Spotify and SoundCloud.

This package provides a Mopidy extension for playing music from DLNA Digital Media Servers using the dLeyna D-Bus interface.

There are three methods to install mopidy-dleyna on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mopidy-dleyna Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mopidy-dleyna using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mopidy-dleyna

Install mopidy-dleyna Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mopidy-dleyna using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mopidy-dleyna

Install mopidy-dleyna Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install mopidy-dleyna using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mopidy-dleyna

How To Uninstall mopidy-dleyna on Debian 9

To uninstall only the mopidy-dleyna package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mopidy-dleyna

Uninstall mopidy-dleyna And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mopidy-dleyna and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mopidy-dleyna

Remove mopidy-dleyna Configurations and Data

To remove mopidy-dleyna configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mopidy-dleyna

Remove mopidy-dleyna configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mopidy-dleyna configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mopidy-dleyna

Dependencies

mopidy-dleyna have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mopidy-dleyna package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.